Combination table and bench



Jan. 24, 1928.

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15 whi le being Patented Jan. 24, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VENTRYR. HISEY AND EARL 1t. rrnorron WAYNE, MICHIGAN.

COMBINATION TABLE AND BENCH.

Application filed Augustso; 1923. Serial No. 660,157.

Another object of our invention is to fur nish a table with swingable benches or seats which are articulated with the table to at all times remain invertical or upright-positions swung from active to inactive positions or vice versa. The articulation of the benches and tables is suchas not to interfere with the feet of persons occupying the benches or seats, not materially obstruct an the passage between the table and benches,

and not detract from the appearance of the table.

A further object of our invention is to provide a new piece of furniture embodying a table with shiftable benches attached thereto, and said benches are provided with foldable leg sections that may be swung inwardly, when the benches are in inactive positions, so that there will be no protruding bench portions to interfere with the general appearance or exterior contour of the table.

"he above are a few of the objects attained by our combined table and bench and reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein a Figure 1 is an end View of the table showiug one of the benches in an active position and the other in an inactive position;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a portion of the table with the bench in an active posit-ion;

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the bench in an inactiveposition;

Fig. 4 is a plan of a portion of the table and bench as shown in Fig. 2, and

Fig. 5 is a plan of a portion of the table as shown in Fig. 3.

Considering the construction of the table, we provide a table top 1 supported by end framesor legs 2 having feet 3 connected by a longitudinal tie member 4. The upper ends of the supports or legs 2 are also connected by a longitudinal tie member 5, under the table top 1, serving as a bench stop or abutment.

The table is oblongand at the sides thereof are benches adapted to rest on the same floor as the table and adapted to be swung upwardly under the table top so asto be out of the road. The benches are identical in construction therefore we deem it only necessary to describe the detail construction of one of said benches.

Each bench comprises a top or seat 6 having fixed end supports or legs 7 and swingable supports or legs 8 which are hinged or otherwise pivotally connected to the vertical edges of the fiXed end support-s or legs 7, so

that the supports orlegs 8 may be swung 1nwardly at a right angle to the supports or legs '7 and occupy a position approximately in the central vertical plane of the bench, when in an inactive posit-ion, otherwise the swingable supports or legs 8 are in the same transverse plane as the supports or legs 7.

The upper ends of the fixed supports or legs 7 are braced relative to the lower face of the top or seat 6 by brackets 10 and adja cent the lower ends of said supports or legs 1 is a longitudinal tie member 11. The lower ends of the supports or legs 7 and 8 terminate in feet 12 and the feet of the supports or legs 7 are connected to the feet 3 of the table by sets of para-llelized links 13 and 14: which have the ends thereof pivotally con nected to the feet 3 and 12 by pivot bolts 15 or other pivotal means. The links 13 and 14: have the pivots thereof. off-set relative to each other, as best shown in Fig. 1, the pivots of the link 14 being in a plane below the pivots of the links 13 and the last mentioned links are of such configuration that the intermediate portions of the links 13, between the bench and the table, will be in the same horizontal plane as the links 1% so as to avoid any high obstruction between the bench and the table over which a person might stumble when taking a seat at the table.

By using two sets of links with the bench of less length than the table the bench may be bodily raised and swung under the table top 1 until it impinges against the stop or abutment 5. During this adjustment of the bench the linkage due to its parallel motion maintains the bench constantly vertical and after the bench has been placedunder the table top the swingable supports or legs 8 may be swung inwardly, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to be wholly between the end legs or bench, p i

lt IE obvious that our piece of furniture 1 may be used for various purposes, maybe finished to ones esthehie taste, and nmysimply have a single bench instead of t;WQ., To reserve the right to make such other changes as are permissible hyMt-he appended claim.

hao We claim is ,ihnestehle sez t and tableeomplgising in coi hinotion, a l table and l o seat; each comprising a top and floor engaging; sopports, a pair o t' ulwzyvs parallel rigid links, said links being pivotally connected by fixed pivots at their ends, to thehible, and seat supadjacent each otheiflandtothefloor when the said seal: is in position of use, the said Jinksenzihling ohe soid seoh to be swung to a; position with its top under and parallel withthe table top, and a stop member 10 cote-1,011 the toblestrueture in a. position to check the moven'ient of the seat structure after thelinks hzwe pzlssed thevertical.

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